Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Day 6: Missing My Routine

I'm a bit of a creature of habit. Routine is somewhat comforting to me. I'm not rigid by any means, but I find myself floundering a bit, if for example I have a bunch of days off work with nothing to do. I end up wanting to go back to work because I crave the simplicity and comfort of my busy routine. Which leads to my studio situation. Both my "old studio" and my "new studio" had 530 pm classes. I get off work at 430. Plenty of time to get there, change, put my hair up, wipe off the makeup (gals, have you ever forgotten to do that only to see raccoon eyes by standing series?), put my mat in a good spot, tinkle a couple of times (let's face it I've been drinking water all afternoon at my desk to prepare!) and the best part...socialize. I love people. I love to sit in the lobby on the benches talking to "the regulars" and whoever else happens to be in our line of fire! We have a blast. My "temporary studio" starts class at 5 and is farther away than the other two studios. Which leaves me about 8 mins in which to change, shove the hair up, swipe hurriedly at makeup, jump up and down while waiting for the one bathroom stall and run in to jam my mat down wherever it will fit. No socializing and my heart pounding like a jackhammer because I don't want to be late, yet I don't want to speed (remember the nice Jan 1st speeding ticket present?). Yeah. It's a bit tough. My other option is to take the 7pm like I did the other night. I didn't go home first though, which meant I was eating and blogging and getting stuff together for the next day between 9 and 10. I wasn't thrilled with that. Sigh.
I did the scurry on up to the 5pm tonight. I'm not sure what I'll do tomorrow.
I want my routine back!
On the bright side, 5pm was with new instructor Jason. He was great. He has a nice cheerful inflection in his voice. He's so approachable, so down to earth and it comes through in his class. I really liked his class, even when he was taking seven hours to set us up in triangle. My extended leg started to shake like a leaf but I didn't get mad or frustrated. How can you with this guy? He's great! Instead I patiently waited, shaking legs and all and tried my best to be strong. Not the best triangle ever, but hey, I'm still getting used to the carpet here! It seems like when you "studio hop" the flooring is different everywhere and your legs have to adjust all over again. I suppose at the end of this I'll have some killer inner thigh strength.

18 comments:

  1. It's all part of the yoga-challenge! New studios, new rutines, new spots in the home-studio.

    I realised yesterday that there are many spots in the studio that I haven't tried out yet, and said to myself that before this challenge is over I will put my mat in every spot in the studio.

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  2. aHappyYogi~ That is a good goal. It's hard to move around (for me) I find the distance from the mirror changing throws my balance out of whack. Change is good though!

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  3. I know what you mean. I would hate to change up my routine with Green Valley!

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  4. Greg~ I know, right! GV is your home away from home. :)

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  5. Same here! I can go with the flow but really love routine. Right now I feel like I'm so all over the place and it's driving me insane. Some things going on at our studio that are creating lots of questions. Just a very strange vibe there right now. And yes...I have had those lovely racoon eyes once or twice too! Verrry attractive!

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  6. Traci~ Studio drama is not fun! All we want is a home in which to lay our mat and practice Bikram. No politics please! :) At least you have your running. It sounds like you really enjoy the heck out of it.

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  7. YES routine.. They always say to switch it up. It's so hard to! I love my time of class and my spot in class:) Also I'm hoping for that killer inner thigh strength!!! Triangle is just OH SO HARD to hold without it! :)

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  8. Cat~ I had a teacher tell me once to imagine you are squeezing your heels towards each other to activate the thigh muscles. It works! :)

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  9. Good luck! I get so stressed out when I don't have plenty of time to get to class. My problem days are Fridays, when I have to leave early from work. I've missed so many classes because my boss has cornered me on my way out.

    aHappyYogi, that's a great idea! I think I'll try that too. I like to switch sides of the room but have never really made it an effort to go to every spot.

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  10. Rebekah~ Oh, that's funny! I can picture you trying to sneak out a side door or something. :)

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  11. I have to agree I hate being with out things to fill my time, a couple of days are okay. But I even cut short my backpacking trip in Asia by a month because I couldn't stand not working (good thing retirement is plenty long time away). As for change in general, as I'm sure you've noticed by all my flippant studio moving I'm for it. :-) I like ahappyyogi's suggestion. I was in the dead center of the room today and I was very conscious about it. Not sure why. But it was also a spot I've never been before. Personally I prefer to have 15 min in the room before start of class, but I'm getting better with that. I've even arrived at the end of pranayama breathing once (shock, horror).

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  12. I run with my makeup on. I'm weird, I know.

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  13. Johan~ Funny you mention that about being in the middle of the room. I always go to one side, the middle freaks me out a bit! Maybe I'll try it tonight. :)
    LiLu~ that's because you're HOT! :)

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  14. omg, I miss my routine. Heading to the studio this afternoon after 2 week of hibernation. Can't wait. I am also a creature of habit. I have tried to shake it up a bit by trying different spots in the class but I always go back to the same place, first row to the right :) Love socializing before class too!!

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  15. thanks for the info!!!! i'm trying it tomorrow:)

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  16. cirita~ welcome home! enjoy your first class back!
    Cat~ let me know how it goes!

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  17. This is a really interesting post to me! Glad I'm not the only one who feels a bit thrown off if things don't go the way I want them to with timing, placement, etc. My studio has been super crowded lately so I haven't been able to put my stuff down and change in my "normal" spot in the locker room. Kinda throws off the whole getting settled down to practice thing!

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  18. A.~ I suppose it's good for us, but it certainly does throw you out of whack! :)

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